Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a ...

Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor ...

While some GOP senators have indicated they are all-in for Trump’s picks, others have withheld support, for now, especially ...

A "terrorist act" sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian ...

Syrian police have imposed an overnight curfew in the city of Homs, state media reported, after unrest there linked to demonstrations that residents said were led by members of the minority Alawite ...

Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad’s government have killed two ...

People descended from places such as Lebanon, Iran, Egypt and Syria had been encouraged to identify as white, but now will ...

Nearly half a million households were left without power on Christmas Day in frigid weather after further missile attacks by ...

The fighters who ousted Bashar al-Assad are aiming to transform their revolutionary movement and assert control over the ...

Protests erupted in Christian neighborhoods of the Syrian capital Damascus after a Christmas tree was set on fire in another ...

Christmas message, Pope Francis urged the world to “silence the sound of arms" and find reconciliation, “even (with) our enemies." ...